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Multiparty development and conservation agreements
| Author: |
Porter, Douglas R. |
| Date: |
1992 |
| Periodical: |
Urban Land |
| Abstract: |
When developers run into regulatory obstacles regarding preservation of environmental features such as wetlands and wildlife, they are turning increasingly to special planning processes to help them over the hurdles. Such planning efforts often bring together a variety of governmental entities, one or more property owners, and a host of special interests in a cooperative planning exercise that sorts out environmental issues. Sometimes authorized in federal law, sometimes in state legislation, and sometimes simply organized as ad hoc ventures by developers and public officials, area wide planning (also termed "special area planning" or "focal-point planning") typically attempts to reach negotiated agreements that reconcile environmental and development concerns. In general, however, the participants in this process operate in a never-never land outside the planning frameworks of local governments and the regulatory thickets of federal, state, and local agencies. Practitioners in the development field should understand how these special planning processes may help them. Also, while laudable in most respects, collaborative planning approaches could be better served by the governments and regulatory agencies that ultimately benefit from them. |
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